New Rochelle may exceed tax cap; police, fire at risk

11:42 PM,
Nov. 9, 2012

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The city manager proposed a $153.6 million 2013 budget Friday that would raise the tax rate 7 percent, break the state-imposed tax cap, cut police and fire protection and end the curbside collection of loose leaves.

"I'm really not comfortable with any of this, but this is the world we live in," City Manager Charles Strome III said this morning at a City Hall news conference to unveil the spending plan.

It would increase spending by $5.1 million from the current $148.4 million budget. ...